The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-10-19
NEW USES FOR WIRE CLOTH.
How 1t liz Taking tho rlaco OF Other
Material Ia n umb Of Thincs.

How 1t Is Taking tho rlnco Of othe1
Material In n Numbc Of Thinss.
Wire cloth tx an article which has but
recently been brought into general usc.
For q long time its high cost prccludcl
its ugc for almost every purpose but for
articles with ct least sOmo Claims to To-
Ing ornamental. Tho window and door
screens Of former days wcro usually
mrdc OF cotton netting, dyed in fancy
colora, and warranted not to- last moro
than one season, oven with tho utmost
care. Tho fow wirc scrccra that were
used woro :~rticlcs Of such luxury that
they generally bore n printed LANDSCAPE
or other pictorial representation to indi-
cato moro Strikingly their a~ristocratio
character. The hcusnkcc,.or who would
have inserted such screens in evory win
dow Of har dwelling would liavo bccn m
object Of wonder 10 an cntiro commit.
nifty for h@r colossal Cx;ravacarcc.
Conr@oly wovcn wire cloth vas then used
for II ftw purposes. principally for sicvcs
ana cellar window guards, but the total
quantity 90 used in :, year in the entire
country WAS insignificant.
Now, ECwcSs". the wirc cloth industry,
including tho manufacture Of layCc
mc",,tI netting, is n very important adj
junct Of tho wirc trade. enormous ou.D-
titles Of m!sh goods being made annually
in quite Il considerable number of fact0-
riH,. The increased uao OF wire cloth and
it's & aGual reduction in price have como
hand iii hand, every year seeing more and
moro dwellings, furnished with screens
for e indows nn'l doors, not only in mus-
quito ridden Districts. but in localities
Whose greatest insect pest is The ordinary
house hv. Ill'ir general introduction
has also been greatly facilitated by the
efforts Of inGCniOu. and wide awake man
ufacturcrs 10 provide tho means of making
tho frames 1t low cost end with q mini
mum Of mechanical skill. From all
these causes, and not EccaUsc flies and
muSquitooB &rc greater pests than ever
Dcicrr, tho present reason has witnessed
the G!OSt active demand for wire clOtJ
ever lnown.
The use Of wirc cloth Is also extending
in many other directions. rs people grow
familiar with and notc its adaptability.
Ihr"S!iinG machine siovCB were formerly
made Of perforated metal, but large
mcshcd wire cloth Is rapidly taking
its place, because tho grain can fall
through the mcs!Ics Of tho cloth more
easily than through the perforated plato
with its holes necessarily somc distance
apart. Corn cribs arc being built will,
sides and bottom made OF heavy wire
cloth, which proves to be especially well
fitted for this purpose. as the air passes
throuG!! 50 easily nnd rats cannot gnaw it.
A nun,bcr II ouch instances might La
given to show the widespread use Of wire
cloth. bat J: is unnecessary. Two rather
strange means Of utilizing it will end our
illustration. OMe OF thcto is the prcpara-
ton of surgical bandaGcs. 1t has been
Sound that for this purpose wire cloth
"a special merit. 1t 10 stiff, obviatinS
We uso Of sp!ints. 1t is open. vcntilating
inilamcd parts and al!ying irritation, and
it can Ike ConformNl to any special shape
with little dil.cul.y. The other method
Of using wire cloth is in the manufacture
G collins. A Chicago coGinmakcr rsca
Voirc cloth a5 the body Of his caekctI, fill
VS. i'll Il cement which rapidly h~artlens
sol forms an almost indcstructiblo re-
ct<tncle for the dead, while it cGectunlly
covers and concc.lS from view tho ma.
beiil which holds il in placc.-Iron Ago.